The 74th Cannes International Film Festival, postponed from May to July, has opened in France. This prestigious film event was launched on Tuesday, July 6, by the musical film “Annette” by French director Leos Carax.
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In total, 24 works will compete for the main prize of the festival, the Golden Palm Branch, this year. Candidates for the award include Wes Anderson’s The French Herald, Paul Verhoeven’s The Immaculate Virgin, Asgar Farhadi’s The Hero, Sean Penn’s Flag Day, and more.
The jury
The jury of the main competition, which will be chaired by director Spike Lee, included director Matti Diop, singer Milen Farmer, actress, and director Maggie Gyllenhaal, director and producer Jessica Hausner, actress and director Melanie Laurent, director, and screenwriter Claire Menher actor Son Kang-ho. Spike Lee is the first African-American to head a film festival jury.
This year’s Cannes Film Festival will run from 6 to 17 July. The Cannes International Film Festival is an annual film festival held regularly since 1946 in the resort town of Cannes. Since 1952, this event is held annually in May. However, last year the 73rd Cannes Film Festival did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, it was moved from May to July, and later the organizers of the event refused to hold the film festival in its original format. At the same time, they presented a list of 56 films that they thought were worthy of attention.
These films were later screened at the autumn film festivals in Toronto, San Sebastian, Angouleme, Venice, New York, Deauville, Busan, and Lyon.
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Source: Ukrgate
